Each of the 7 Planets may send none, one, two, three or all its 4 'incorporati' to the 'corporal' part of the soul of the new-born. Those spirits (spiritus) enter the soul of the baby in the image of Animals through the first inhaled air and to the heart. All 4 incarnated spirits are in fact different Animals. There are 28 Animals altogether (7 planets times 4). In a soul may enter all 28 Animals or any number between 0 and 28. It all depends on the Sky in the moment of the first breath. Hermes gives the rules how to compute this.The same applies to the 21 sublime spirits which go to the 'eternal'section of the soul.

Usually only 1, 2 or 3 Animals rule ech of us. These are the strongest and they take turn on ruling us. Each may rule one or more moments of time. Usually these are months and years. In rare cases only one Animal rules someone his whole life.

Thus, a soul may end up loaded with all 28 Animals and 21 DIvine Principles or ... indeed ... a soul may contain only several Spirits or nothing at all. The so called 'empty souls'.

Which are the Animals of each Planet and How to compute on a chart Which of these Animals are in the native?

Detailed exposition Deo Volente will be offered at the second-level Seminar!

Analysis of other Greek and Medieval Horoscopes - from untranslated texts and manuscripts.

The Predictive System of Dorotheus explained on an example chart- radix and a solar- by an anonymous Greek author from 10th century Byzantion- from untranslated Greek manuscript.

How did the astrologers predict the Chariot-Races in the 10th-12th century Byzantion. (from untranslated Greek text).

The ancient doctrine of the Monomoiria. Tables of the Monomoiria from a Greek manuscript.

The invisible planets (*dusis*, *krupsis*) according to untranslated Greek manuscript.

The amazing Astrological Doctrine of saint Cosmas of Maiuma from 8th century - from untranslated Greek text.

( Saint Cosmas is the only Greek author who identifies all 36 decanates with Greek Divinities. To each zodiacal sign he gives the chief Divinity and another God or Goddess who helps the chief Divinity. There a lot of big surprises here! )

The doctrine of Hermes on the 12 zodiacal signs, their precious stones and the art of making magical rings - from untranslated Greek manuscript in Vienna. HERMES De Lapidibus, ONB- Vienna, Cod. Med. Gr. 23 Han. 73r-76r

The doctrine of the third Hermes on the Four Elements - from untranslated Latin text.

The doctrine of the Four Elements in Mesopotamia and Greece.

The doctrine of the Four Elements in Babylonian Astrology.

Projection on screen of the newest (to obtain) Greek, Latin and Arab manuscripts with explanation and discussion.

The 4 Greek and Sumerian-Babylonian Divinities who reveal themselves in Venus-Morning Star, Venus-Evening Star, Venus-Invisible in front of the Sun and Venus-Invisible behind the Sun.

The 4 Greek and Sumerian-Babylonian Divinities who reveal themselves in Mercury -Morning Star, Mercury-Evening Star, Mercury-Invisible in front of the Sun and Mercury-Invisible behind the Sun.

How many are the Guardian Angels and how to find them in a chart.

How to assess the short and long World (Mundial) periods according to the Babylonian Astrology.

Their lenght in years and character. Analysis of the last 2 centuries.

How to find out the divinity who rules the 2100 year period. Where are we now and which one is the next.

The Light and the Sun according to Hermes. The Creation. The Cosmos. The Seven Fates. The Seven Planets. The Comets.The Decanates.

The Astrological Doctrine of Hermes in Corpus Hermeticum.

The Milky Way in Mesopotamian and Babylonian Astrology.

Omens with the Milky Way.

The Milky Way in Hellenistic and Arab-Medieval Astrology.

The Moon, the Sun and other planets in the Milky Way - the doctrine of Ancient Astrology.

What is the significance and meaning of the Milky Way in the ascending or culminating Sign and in every house of a chart.

Even this first level seminar will be very very different from the 2014, 2015 and the 2016 first level seminar and of course this is because of the new material accumulated. Former participants from 2014 and 2015 are encouraged to join this seminar too.

TOPICS

Introduction in Mesopotamia: Historical Periods, Geography, Languages, Writing, Religion, Cosmology.Sources and Texts.The First, Second and Third Hermes. Their epochs and legacy. The legends and the facts.The aim of the ancient astrologer. The ‘Secret of Sky and Earth’.The Divinities of Mesopotamia. How to recognize them in the reliefs, seals and statues.The seven gods and godesses who ‘decide the fates’ of everyone and everything.The rest of the divinities.The gods-protectors and the demons.Ilu ameli and Ishtar ameli. The ‘personal gods and godesses’ (the gardian angels).The numbers, symbols and beasts of the divinities.The myths.The divinities of the planets, stars and constellations.The divinities of the zodiac. The dream of the king-priest Gudea (2100 BC) and its interpretation.The Calendar of Mesopotamia in different eras.The Cult and Ritual.The lunar days of the divinities.Astral Magic and Lunar Astrology in Mesopotamia.

Division of Time and Space. Division ot the year, the month, the days and the watches.The divinities of the time-divisions.

The pan-Babylonists.The Philosophy and Astro-Sophy of Mesopotamia. Principles:The Doctrine of the Cycle. The perfect cycle and its division.The doctrine of the Eras.Number, Name and Destiny.Sky and Earth. Their Unity. The signs in the Sky and the signs in the Earth. Interpration of the signs.The omen. Structure and meaning. Collections of omens.Enuma Anu Enlil - description.

The principles of the Philosophy of Mesopotamia applied to Astrology.Divisions of the Zodiac.The dodekatemoria texts.What can we learn from the dodekatemoria text LBAT 1499. Analysis.The terms (bounds).

The 3 ‘celestial paths’ of Anu, Enlil and Ea. Declinational and azimuthal theories of the ‘paths’.The 3 ‘paths’ and the solar cycle.The epic of Gilgamesh.

The heliacal phases of the planets: appearance, stations and disappearance.Cosmic setting and acro-nychal rise.Heliacal phases of the stars, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.Heliacal phases of the Moon.Heliacal phases of Venus and Mercury.The meaning of the heliacal phases in Mesopotamian, Hellenistic, Arab and Medieval Astrology.The meaning according to unpublished Greek manuscript.The heliacal phases in the Mesopotamian omina.

The MoonThe perfect lunar month and the most important things to look in the lunar month.Lunar Omina. How to interpret Eclipses.

The SunThe solar cycle.Solar Omina. How to interpret Eclipses.

VenusVenus in her 3 main apparitions: Morning star, Evening star and Invisible. Divinities and constellations connected with each apparition. Myths.The Pentagram of Venus.The 20 types of Venus.

Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Omina.

Omina with the stars and the constellations.

The Astrolabe.Structure, meaning and use in Astrology.Dating of the Astrolabe. The four strata of astronomical information in the Astrolabe.Detailed description of the 36 constellations of the Astrolabe.The divinities behind the 36 constellations.The omina of the 36 constellations.Akkadian texts concerning the Astrolabe.

Predictive techniques in Mesopotamian AstrologyIndividual ChartsEvidence from Babylonian horoscopes.For countries and the World.The projection of the World onto the Sky and onto the Time-Cycle.

PRACTICAL ANCIENT ASTROLOGY

(Part of the Seminar in Mesopotamian Astrology)

The Elements:

The Stars.The Zodiac and its division. Tropical and sidereal. The fixed Babylonian Zodiac. Decanates, Terms, Dodekatemoria. The degrees. Kingly, of good Luck, of bad Luck, of the Pit, Crippling degrees - meaning. Light, Dark, Shady, Windy and Empty degrees according to Hermes, Abu Mashar, Alcabitius and Firmicus - their effects on the fate. In which zodiac are these degrees to be watched? Lunar mansions.

The Fixed Stars. Nature and power of the stars - how to estimate.The 30 stars interpreted by Hermes.The 6 ways of projection of a star onto the ecliptic.The meaning of the celestial images nad their bodily parts.The 5 (7) most important points in a chart.

The Planets Their character and meaning in ancient AstrologyDay and Night planets.Level of Hays of a planet.Planets in houses and in combination. Houses of Joy of the Planets - the teaching of Hermes.Planets in dominions of another planet - the doctrine of Hermes.Planets in heliacal phase - the 7 heliacal phases.‘Combust’ planets.Power and quality of a planet in its heliacal cycle - the 4 heliacal regions.Powerful and Weak planets. Good and Bad.The 7 criteria to estimate the influence of a planet - in power and in quality.

The HousesThe ancient house system of Hermes.The strong houses according to Hermes and to Nehepso. Who is right and why.

The 5 ways of Domination (of a Planet over section of the Zodiac)house-rulershipexaltationTriplicityTerms (bounds)DecanatesAspect and Phase

The Aspects in Ancient AstrologyThe 7 rays projected. Why only 7. The 3 ancient criteria for an angle to be an aspect.The 3 kinds of aspect - in house, term and degree.

SPECIAL TOPICS

Hyleg, Alkokoden and AlmutenTheir inner Meaning and function in our lives, development and fate.Determination according to Dorotheus, Ptolemy, Valens, Paulus of Alexandria, Antiochus-Porphyry and Rethorius.Charts without Alkokoden (‘fallen Gardian Angel’ syndrom) according to Valens and Rethorius.

How to interpret a chart. The most important things to look at. Order of importance.The four types of charts: strong/weak and good/bad and their combination.

For this you must carry a calculator with the trigonometric functions.

TOPICS

Introduction to the Primary Directions. History.What are the PD? Evidence for PD in Mesopotamian texts.The two ancient ways to do PD: according to Hermes and Ptolemy. Differences.The way of the later authors: Regiomontanus, Koch, Campanus, Bianchini, Lilly, Kuhr, Topocentric. Placidian under the Pole. Other Under-the-Pole direction systems.Mundo and Zodiacal.Significator and Promissor.The ancient way to direct. The five main significators. Directing with Significator in the eastern quadrants.Directing with Significator in the western quadrants.

INTERPRETATION OF THE DIRECTIONSMULTI-EVENT EFFECT OF A DIRECTIONPERIODS & EVENTS. BREATH & SPREAD OF A DIRECTIONRECTIFICATION

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VARNA - THE PLACE FOR THE SEMINARS

Varna is a beautiful European city of around 500,000 on the Black Sea coast. During the summer it is a great vacation place. The best-preseved temple of Cybele on the Balkans is at 1 hour drive north.The archeological museum of Varna with objects of the first Gold in World history (4500 BC) is a must-see. Everywhere in the region are the remnants of its rich ancient history going back to 6000 BC.

TRAVELING TO VARNAIf you are traveling to Sofia or Varna with an airplane, maybe it will be worth to check out the price to Istanbul because you may be able to save several hundred euro especially if you are coming from the US, Japan or another distant country. From Istanbul you may take a bus to Varna for around 20-30 euro.

STAYING IN VARNAIf you prefer I will make the reservation for you after you register and pre-pay 50% of the tuition.

You may make reservation yourself using www.booking.com or another WEB Site.You may also arrive and find a place to stay yourself on the spot. I will assist you, show you the city and advise you according to your preferences.

HOTELSI can offer you basically two options: Budget hotels for approximately 20 euro per night for a single room and ‘middle class’ for 40 euro per night for a single room. If you want luxory let me know! The sooner you register and pay the 50% of the tuition, the beter hotels and rooms I will be able to find for you!

SPECIAL BONUSES FOR THE STUDENTSThose who attend will be able to purchase the computer program Placidus for USD 360 instead of 480.

Those who attend any of the 2 seminars will be able to purchase any of my books with 50% discount: ‘THE BABYLONIAN ASTROLABE’, see http://www.eisenbrauns.com/item/KOLBABYLO‘ON THE FIXED STARS by HERMES’,‘THE HOROSCOPE OF MAXIMILIAN I by REGIOMONTANUS’,‘THREE ANNUAL CHARTS for FERDINAND I by LUCAS GAURICUS”,‘GAURICUS and HENRY II - MEDIEVAL ASTROLOGICAL PROGNOSIS’,‘PRIMARY DIRECTIONS’ Volumes 1,2 and 3, ‘THE BABYLONIAN SKY OBSERVER’ Volumes 1,2,3 and 4 and‘THE ASTROLOGY of MESOPOTAMIA - GODS, MYTHS and STARS’ (new book in preparation).

All students will be able also to consult with me on their own or another chart of their choice for at least 30 minutes or more depending on the time availability.Anyone from the students will be able to ask any questions and have personal discussion with me during the seminars and before or after them.

The atmosphere of the seminars will be informal.Each day before and after the end of the teaching there will be tea and free discussion.In the seminars I will give examples with charts of people I know well.

The students will be encouraged to offer charts they are interested in.There will be also training how to use the program Placidus 7.10 and its feautures.

REGISTERING

You may pay with direct bank transfer or moneygram or Western Union.Anyone wishing to attend should contact me directly at:Telephone: +359-897-25-30-97 (0897-25-30-97 if dialing from Bulgaria )or +359-52-30-67-74 (052-30-67-74 if dialing from Bulgaria).Email: rumen_k_kolev dot yahoo dot com.Skype ID: contact first through email please. WEB: www.babylonianastrology.com